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Legislative elections: State Duma, 5-year term, 7% threshold (2013: 5% threshold), party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Dmitry Medvedev · Prime Minister: Vladimir Putin (ER) · Government: ER

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2011 Seats 2007 Seats
Edinaja Rossija (ER)
United Russia
Centrism; Statism, Conservatism
 
-
2001
49,4% 238 64,3% 315
Kommunističeskaja Partija Rossijskoj Federacii (KPRF)
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Communism; Marxism-Leninism, Nationalism SKP
1993
 19,2% 92 11,6% 57
Spravedlivaja Rossija (SR)
Just Russia
Social democracy; Democratic socialism  SIa
2006
13,2% 64 7,7% 38
Liberal'no-Demokratičeskaja Partija Rossii (LDPR)
Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia
Nationalism; Russian-Belarussian unionism -
1992
 11,7% 56 8,1% 40
Others - -   6,5% - 8,3% -
Total - -   - 450 - 450
Turnout 60,2% 63,8%

 © 2011 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Central Election Commission (http://www.cikrf.ru). Archive: Elections 1993-2003.